Word List 29 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous; laughable

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Lull

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Soothe

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Lumber

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Move heavily or clumsily

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Luminary

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Celebrity

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Luminous

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Shining; issuing light

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Lummox

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Big; clumsy

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Lunge

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Quickly dive forward

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Lurid

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Wild; sensational; graphic

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Lurk

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Stealthily lie in waiting; slink

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Luscious

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Pleasing to taste or smell

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Luster

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Shine; gloss

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Lustrous

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Shining

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Luxuriant

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Abundant

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Machinations

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Evil schemes or plots

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Madrigal

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Pastoral song

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Magnanimous

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Generous; great-hearted

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Magnate

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Person of prominence or influence

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Magnitude

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Greatness; extent

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Maladroit

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Clumsy; bungling

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Malaise

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Uneasiness

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Malapropism

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Comic misuse of a word

Malcontent

Person dissatisfied with existing state of affaires

Malediction

Curse

Malefactor

Evildoer; criminal

Malicious

Hateful; spiteful

Malign

Speak evil of

Malignant

Injurious

Malingerer

One who feigns illness to escape duty

Malleable

Capable of being shaped by pounding

Malodorous

Foul-smelling

Mammoth

Gigantic; enormous

Mandate

Order; change

Maniacal

Raging mad

Manifest

Evident; visible

Manifesto

Declaration; statement of policy

Mannered

Affected; not natural

Maritime

Bordering on the sea

Marked

Noticeable or pronounced

Marred

Damaged; disfigured

Marshal

Put in order

Martial

Warlike

Martinet

Strict disciplinarian

Martyr

One who voluntarily suffers death for his religion or cause

Masochist

Person who enjoys his own pain

Maternal

Motherly

Matriculate

Enroll

Maudlin

Effusively sentimental